Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-07-19
MIR. BLAINgs VOYAGE.
rsclDrSr. ON rur rnIr ACROSS.

A newspaper correspondent. who went
TO Europe on the same vessel with the
Blaine family makes public his diary OF
the trip. Of which the following are ex.
tracts:
DO you know that young "Jim"
Blaine. wife /, daisy' Well. she 10.
every bit oft. ju., little pieiur. framed
in pe,iiooa,.. She and her bold Mac
In,yre Of husband came down 70 say
good.by and II va. she who drew the
attention OF the crowd from the moment
she sligh,ed from the hack until the ship
steamed down the hsrbor. They told
me in New York that "Jim" was doing
well. and wa. developing gres, business
ability. lie gets 5000 month from
hi. employer. and his father allowss him
81 500 year in addition. which ought
TO keep him pretty well.
Mr. Blaine discarded his tall black tile
and pa, on blue hammock ha, {. soon
=. the steiner drew out from the pier a,
Hoboken. The whole family placed
ch.irs on the deck toward a, the star
board side aud "a, down TO read.
The BIaines did no, show up At the 5
o'clock breakfast the second day. They
came oa, on deck just before noon. how
ever. ba, they had no books With them.
The deck hand. wrapped them up in rugs
aud shawl. until they looked like num-
mics. and ls, them doIs on the lee.
Az dinner the eovsr.a,ion drif,ed on to
Engli.h and German history. 10 which
Mr. blaine shows himself TO be well i'm
formed.
I was standing out AZ, to-day talking
With Mr.. Blaine about the comforts aud
accommodations Of those who went as
"seoond.elas." passengers. lie said he
bad talked with many who had travelled
q. such and they al liked Il.
"The only trouble" said he. els ,ha,
we Americans don't like the name. We
are bound TO 10 'hr;-elA", or We will
stay a, home. That is our spirit. and |
Ike Il. though !, ia often costly. Our
p.rlor cars DO not contain all the gentry
of America. You can hnd n. cultivated
std q. wealthy people in the ordinary pas.
.enge- cars a. are in the parlor cars. |
Away. prefer TO ride in the regular pas.
sengsr cars. IL Is more comfortable aud
you are no, 90 conspicuous"
Mt Blaine has received several invita-
,ion' TO play poker lie says he don't
know the game. The boys look a, him
ineredalou,ly and wondsr II he !, Civ
ing them steel" They NEE, and talk
him over. A majority think he knows
the game. and doc. not like 20 play with
strangers. Then they 90 snd ask him
again. They like Mr. Blaine. lie talks
freely TO them al; bu, IL is too bad be
doe. no, understand draw poker IL de-
tract. . great deal from his usefulness a.
q public man. /, stand. in his way Of
getting 10 be President. 80 the boys AZ
cue with one another
There was hop on deck one night.
The passengers danced for two hours
music roared. red lights burned and beer
flowed freely. Mr.. Blaine did no, dance.
bu, he looked on much amused and he
enjoyed II very well. TIE reporter asked
him Why be did no, dance. "li would
never DO" said be; I'll am getting too
old for that" On being reminded that
Hannibal HAmlia s,ill danced. Mr'
Blsin. said Mr.. Hamlin was "won.
derfal man"
In talk on the navy and Americas
lack in ,h., respect. Mr. Blaine said
Congress should pass appropriations
a, once 20 rebuild the old forts and con-
.,ruc, new one: q, every port on the sea-
board. We should also have a new
navy. DO you know, the idle surplus
in the treasury would make our coasts
impegnable +, Let the United States
use ,hi, money for defence, aud give EN-.
ploymsn, to the surplus labor. Then
the labor trouble will stop, aud we could
again hold up our heads among men OF
other nations. When think Of our
poor cos., defences. am actually
ashamed Of my ooun,ry."
Though he expects TO remain In Ea.
rope . year. Mr.. Blaine say. be may re-
turn 10 the United States this fall.
Mr.. Blaine. as well as members in bis
frmily. suffered sOmewha, from 'ea'iek-
ness. The reporter records the fac, ,hA,
the Maine man was prevailed upon BY
the steward to take iced claret as rem
edy.